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Even during an awful tragedy like this, heroes like him inspire hope.
Article about him:
The guy has Elijah Wood vibes
this post was submitted on 07 Jul 2025
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Massive eyes that are a lighter blue than you normally see.
He's lucky Elon Musk didn't have some half-baked idea (like a rocket that released life vests when it exploded) to save these campers or he'd be smearing him about now.
I am happy for him. It's not often you get a chance to make a difference like that.
These last two and the next few days will be the sacrifice he doesn't know he is making until 10-20 years from now.
Your rescues will fade in time, but you can never forget your recoveries.
How do you mean sacrifice?
My guess would be mental health.
Your rescues will fade in time, but you can never forget your recoveries. [emphasis mine]
“Recoveries” likely means finding the people who didn’t survive.
Unfortunately, this is very true. I've been out longer than I was in, and I remember the losses not the wins.
Edit: the one 'win' I remember, we got a letter from a lady 2 years after the event. She wrote to us to thank us for getting daughter to the trauma center alive....so that the doctors could harvest her organs, and mom was able to hear her daughter's heart beating in someone else's chest a year later.
fuuuck
I'm not crying, you're crying.
That's very interesting to hear, thank you for sharing.
Broadfern is 100% correct.
Am I getting even worse at reading? I didn't see anywhere in that article where it actually says what he did. How is it that he specifically saved them. Seems like that's too many people to have personally picked them up on his back and carried them to safety. Feels a bit like the Family Guy segment where Lois constantly says '9/11' to win political arguments. "He saved 165 campers!"
That being said, I'm very glad he was there doing his job and was able to save 165 people from dying... somehow.
Well done Petty Officer.
What was Ruskan’s role in the rescue?
He was in charge of triage and helped coordinate the evacuation of people from a flooded summer camp.
Where is this pool in a giant tent with high top bar tables?
Probably a Texas city, where it actually gets too hot for outdoor pools in the summer.
Looks like a public pool that may have been sold or rented out to a private event company.
Now he gets 100% of the ladies.
What is hopeposting about this?
!orphancrushing@lemmy.world
Yeah it’s a fine line at this point.
The recognition that this guy deserves for his hard work.
What is hopeposting about that? It is worth appreciation but not hopeful or anything
Yeah, looks like he had a rough time lol.